[ad_1] In Iron Man VR, Stark has retired from making weapons to spend more time creating tech to aid his alter ego’s battle against evil. But Ghost holds a grudge against him after witnessing all the damage his weapons caused. Ghost, a long-time antagonist of Iron Man in Marvel’s comics, appeared in the movie Ant-Man […]
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Instagram takes its first steps into becoming an AR changing room
[ad_1] The feature allows you to experiment with different colors and models as well. Using lipstick as an example, you can see how different shades look by tapping through a color selector toward the bottom of the interface. Once you’ve tried on a product, you can purchase it without leaving Instagram. It’s also possible to […]
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses backing from PayPal
[ad_1] A few days after the Wall Street Journal suggested that some companies announced as initial backers for Facebook’s cyptocurrency were reconsidering support, PayPal has announced it will end its participation in the Libra Association. Founding members invest $10 million to fund the association, and as CNBC notes, it’s unclear what happens to that money […]
Instagram’s Threads is compelling, but kind of creepy
[ad_1] On the surface, Threads is essentially an extension of Instagram’s Close Friends feature for Stories, which was introduced in 2018. Close Friends, in case you’re not familiar with it, lets you share pictures, videos and message only with groups of people you’ve carefully selected. In fact, if you haven’t created a Close Friends list […]
How to sell the Brooklyn Bridge in the 21st century
[ad_1] Scammers, fraudsters, and confidence men have existed since we invented commerce. If there's a system of valuation in place, there are angles to be worked and Brooklyn Bridges to be sold. The rise of social media and our always-connected lifestyles h… [ad_2] Source link
NHTSA reviews claims Tesla should have recalled 2,000 cars
[ad_1] We’ve asked Tesla for comment. It previously said that it delivered the May update out of an “abundance of caution” and that its EVs were “10 times less likely” to catch fire than gas-powered cars. Its statement at the time made clear that the software would affect charge and thermal management settings. The update […]
Toyota is using VR to train robots as in-home helpers
[ad_1] The VR training system allows human teachers to see what the robot is seeing live, in 3D, from its sensors. The teacher can instruct the robot and annotate the 3D scene, for instance adding a note on how to grasp a handle. This allows human trainers to teach robots arbitrary tasks with a variety […]
Le Creuset’s Star Wars collection includes a $900 dutch oven
[ad_1] Introducing the @starwars x Le Creuset Collection, available for purchase November 1st exclusively at select Le Creuset boutique stores, online, and from @yuppiechef. Sign up to our newsletter to be notified when #StarWarsXLeCreuset goes live: https://t.co/I9ErhIUmoI pic.twitter.com/RLL8z28TN2 — LeCreusetSA (@LeCreusetSA) October 4, 2019 Unlike Lego’s numerous Star Wars tie-ins, Le Creuset’s new collection won’t […]
Iranian cyberattack targeted a US presidential campaign
[ad_1] The intruders “were not technically sophisticated,” Microsoft said, but they were determined. They conducted extensive research of personal info to identify accounts and potentially fool account recovery systems, sometimes obtaining phone numbers used for two-factor authentication. There were over 2,700 attempts to identify accounts over the roughly month-long stretch. Phosphorous frequently used spear phishing […]
A mind-controlled exoskeleton helped a paralyzed man walk again
[ad_1] As part of a study with the University of Grenoble Alpes in France, the patient, who goes by Thibault, agreed to have two five-centimeter discs of his skull replaced with brain sensors, each with 64 electrodes. The researchers mapped Thibault’s brain to determine which areas become active when he thinks about walking or moving […]